Encyclopædia Americana, ed. by F. Lieber assisted by E. Wigglesworth (and T.G. Bradford). |
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... AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY ; ON THE BASIS OF THE SEVENTH EDITION OF THE GERMAN CONVERSATIONS - LEXICON . EDITED BY FRANCIS LIEBER , BODL ASSISTED BY া E. WIGGLESWORTH AND T. G. BRADFORD . VOL . XII . Philadelphia : CAREY AND LEA . SOLD IN ...
... AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY ; ON THE BASIS OF THE SEVENTH EDITION OF THE GERMAN CONVERSATIONS - LEXICON . EDITED BY FRANCIS LIEBER , BODL ASSISTED BY া E. WIGGLESWORTH AND T. G. BRADFORD . VOL . XII . Philadelphia : CAREY AND LEA . SOLD IN ...
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... America in 1777 , and tendered his services to congress , as a vol- unteer in their army , without claiming any rank ... American officers were paying every attention to their captives , Steuben sold his favorite horse in order to raise ...
... America in 1777 , and tendered his services to congress , as a vol- unteer in their army , without claiming any rank ... American officers were paying every attention to their captives , Steuben sold his favorite horse in order to raise ...
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... American revolution , was a native of Vir- ginia . At the battle of the great bridge , near Norfolk , he commanded a battalion of riflemen . Soon afterwards , he was made a colonel . At the battle of Brandy- wine , he was greatly ...
... American revolution , was a native of Vir- ginia . At the battle of the great bridge , near Norfolk , he commanded a battalion of riflemen . Soon afterwards , he was made a colonel . At the battle of Brandy- wine , he was greatly ...
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... America . The last ten years of his life were passed in London , where he died in 1822 . STEWART , Robert , marquis of Lon- donderry . ( See Londonderry . ) STEWART , Gilbert , an eminent portrait painter , was born at Newport , Rhode ...
... America . The last ten years of his life were passed in London , where he died in 1822 . STEWART , Robert , marquis of Lon- donderry . ( See Londonderry . ) STEWART , Gilbert , an eminent portrait painter , was born at Newport , Rhode ...
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... American affairs by various distinguished persons , including the marquis of Rockingham and the earl of Chatham , and at Edinburgh was com- plimented with a public dinner , by the authorities , and the freedom of the city . On his ...
... American affairs by various distinguished persons , including the marquis of Rockingham and the earl of Chatham , and at Edinburgh was com- plimented with a public dinner , by the authorities , and the freedom of the city . On his ...
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Seite 421 - St. Croix River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence, from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean, to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River...
Seite 71 - England, at different periods, towards the end of the fifteenth century and the beginning of the sixteenth...
Seite 64 - I, AB, do swear that I do from my heart abhor, detest, and abjure as impious and heretical, that damnable doctrine and position that princes excommunicated or deprived by the pope, or any authority of the see of Rome, may be deposed or murdered by their subjects, or any other whatsoever. And I do declare that no foreign prince, person, prelate, state, or potentate hath, or ought to have, any jurisdiction, power, superiority, preeminence, or authority, ecclesiastical or spiritual, within this realm...
Seite 448 - By general instruction, we seek, as far as possible, to purify the whole moral atmosphere ; to keep good sentiments uppermost, and to turn the strong current of feeling and opinion, as well as the censures of the law, and the denunciations of religion, against immorality and crime.
Seite 411 - God and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
Seite 399 - Mémoire à consulter sur un système religieux et politique, tendant à renverser la religion, . la société et le trône.
Seite 411 - Virginia, do by these presents solemnly and mutually in the presence of God, and one another, covenant, and combine ourselves together into a Civil body politic...
Seite 344 - Faith is this : that we worship one God in Trinity, and Trinity in Unity, neither confounding the Persons, nor dividing the substance. For there is one Person of the Father, another of the Son, and another of the Holy Ghost. But the Godhead of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, is all one ; the glory equal, the majesty coeternal.
Seite 496 - Vaccinae, A Disease Discovered in Some of the Western Counties of England. Particularly Gloucestershire, and Known by the Name of the Cow Pox...
Seite 192 - Free services were such as were not unbecoming the character of a soldier or a freeman to perform; as to serve under his lord in the wars, to pay a sum of money, and the like. Base services were such as were fit only for peasants, or persons of a servile rank ; as to plough the lord's land, to make his hedges, to carry out his dung, or other mean employments.